Next stage of the BME survey

Thank you to everyone who completed our recent BME consultation survey.

We received a good response rate with approximately 50% of staff invited to take part actually completing the survey. The results are currently being analysed by our external partner organisation – McKenzie LLP.

The next stage of this activity is to give you the opportunity to either:

1: Have a confidential, one to one telephone discussion with an external Equality, Diversity and Inclusion specialist from McKenzie LLP.

2: Join one of four virtual discussion events with up to eight of your colleagues. These events will be run by an external Diversity and Inclusion specialist – again from McKenzie LLP and will be delivered virtually by Microsoft Teams. Please note: these events are best accessed from either a laptop, desktop or tablet computer and not a smart phone.

Both of the above activities are designed to give you the opportunity to provide further confidential information relating to your own experiences as a minority ethnicity employee working within EEAST. Please feel free to join either one, or both of the different types of events - even if you did not complete the original online survey.

We stress these activities will be conducted informally with all responses ultimately being forwarded to the senior team in EEAST in a completely anonymised format. 

 

Event Schedule

Places will be allocated on a first come, first served, basis and the following dates and times are available:

 

Date	Activity	Time
Tuesday 11th October, 2022.	One to one confidential telephone discussion.	6 slots available. Please state your preference of either morning or afternoon.
Thursday 13th October, 2022.	One to one confidential telephone discussion.	6 slots available. Please state your preference of either morning or afternoon.
Friday 14th October, 2022.	One to one confidential telephone discussion.	6 slots available. Please state your preference of either morning or afternoon.
Tuesday 18th October, 2022	One to one confidential telephone discussion.	6 slots available. Please state your preference of either morning or afternoon.
Thursday 20th October, 2022	Virtual discussion event with up to 8 other EEAST colleagues facilitated by a McKenzie specialist.	10:00 – 11:30 or 13:30 – 15:00
Friday 21st October.	Virtual discussion event with up to 8 other EEAST colleagues facilitated by a McKenzie specialist.	10:00 – 11:30 or 13:30 – 15:00* (women only event)

 

* To accommodate any particular Gender sensitivities, this event is only open to BME females and will be solely facilitated by a BME female specialist consultant.

 

How do I join an activity?

To reserve a place on any of the above events, please e-mail: sally@mckenzies.co.uk or dial 0800 121 4435 and leave a message

Due to the short timescale of the application process, please apply to join an activity by 9am on the 10th October.

Published 29th September 2022